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Hello everyone. My name is Kay and this is a playthrough
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of Marie's Magical Deliveries the demo. It doesn't say on the title screen, so I
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had to look at my paperwork where I write down my uh pros and cons for
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reviews. Uh this is an interesting game. It's I think it's going to be a very
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short game when it fully releases, but that's fine. It's got cute
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illustrations. and a unique
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interface. I'm not I'm not sure if I like it, but it grew on me. So, there's
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that. Yeah, this is just a demo. So, enjoy Marie's Magical Deliveries
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demo. Apparently, there's no music at the start, so
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I made it. I set my broom down on the rack by the
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door. You made it, man. Like father like daughter,
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right? How was your first delivery, sweetie? A little windy, but not too
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bad. But the wind's the best part, isn't it? Feeling a breeze in your hair,
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rushing through clouds. There's something special about the wind at that
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height. Yeah, the riding through the countryside was the best
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part. Okay, there's the
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music. That was always your mother's favorite place to ride though. Through. Too bad we don't get many deliveries out
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there. Ever thought about expanding the business to farmland? It was nice making
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a delivery out there. Not unless you want to learn how to transport kettle on a
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broomstick. Maybe another time. Were you able to pick up the rest
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of your belongings? Yep. Here's the rest of my stuff. He grabs my bags and helps me to
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my room. Every time I walk in, I expect a layer of dust and a musty smell, but the smell of fresh linen hits me
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instead. I know it's been a while, but I hope it still works for you. Yeah, it's
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fine. We start to unpack the rest of my bags, setting stuff in my closet and on the shelves. After opening a new box I
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brought in, he jumps up. I almost forgot. I haven't shown you how you'll be making deliveries in town
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yet. Is that a broom? Can't I wait until later?
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Well, you still have some to make today, don't you? I might have gotten a few rush
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orders right before you arrived. How about this? I'll unpack the rest of your stuff and you can make some
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of the deliveries. I'll do the rest later tonight. I'm sure you want to look
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around town some, don't you? Yeah, I do. It's been years since I've been in
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town. Even after being back for a week or so, everything still looks so new. Great. It's a bit different from
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making deliveries in the countryside. All right, so I have a list of all deliveries that come. We're the
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only witch delivery service in town, so we have a lot of clients to serve. Sometimes these clients will have
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something sent to us and then they want us to bring it to them. Or maybe they have something we need to pick up and
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deliver elsewhere. Sometimes their requests are a bit different, but still something we can
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manage. And what's that supposed to mean? You'll see. What have I signed myself up
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to? I wonder what the weirdest delivery is going to be. Hopefully, even like now. Let's see. I'll have you do these
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two deliveries first and then return back here when you're done for some more. If you don't get lost, that
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is. I of course I won't. Here, this delivery is at the
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college campus in town. A teacher there requested this box to be brought to them. Once you're done with that, the
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front office should have another package for you. Bring that to the carnival. The
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carnival? Yeah. Did you see that big ferris wheel in the skyline? We now have a permanent carnival in
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town. It's brought a lot of tourism in. You should check it out on your own
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sometime. All right. campus first and then the carnival and then back here,
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right? Good luck. Then I step outside into the city life. Now, where do I go
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from here? This is
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cute. Let's go to campus. All right, I found the right place. I head to the front office and
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give them the name of the recipient on the box. They point me towards their office. Hello. I'm here to deliver a
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package for a Eugene. Ah, thank you. So, who are you?
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I'm his daughter. I'll be making deliveries starting today as well. Oh, well, welcome to town. Hope it won't be
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too hard for you finding your way around. I hope not, too. Of course, it
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helps them that I was born here. Ah, this is exactly what I needed. Now we'll have to play another DVD for
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my biology class. Instead, we can study actual specimens. I'm not going to dissect a
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frog, are they? I don't even want to look at what's in the box. Yeah. No. Thank you
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for your patronage. I wave them off and head back to the office I came from. After a few moments, they are able to
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find my next package, a backpack. It has a luggage tag on it
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with the name Sharice. When the paper slip Dad gave me, that's the name of the next person I've got to see. The name
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sounds familiar. I pick up the light backpack and head out on my
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broom. Where do you even like go in a carnival to ask someone about a package
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drop off? Like the ring
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leader. The roar of the carnival hits me as I get closer.
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I really I really don't know. I don't know if a ring leader even owns a
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carnival. Where would the owner be? As soon as my feet touch the ground,
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I'm swept up in the crowd. Sugary sweet cotton candy and funnel cakes cling to the air mixed with laughter from kids
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and couples. I love funnel cakes.
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The giant ferris wheel towers in the background looming over the park and even some of the skyscrapers nearby.
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It's a fantastical display of everything whimsical. H. Now, who wanted this backpack from
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campus. I consider trying to find a front office or main lobby, but appears impossible. Every building is designed
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as increasingly more elaborate fantasy designs. The crowd leads me towards a grand carousel. Every inch of it is
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illuminated with multiple rows of warning animals to ride. In front of the carousel is bright
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clown. All right, I can handle that clown. I normally don't like clowns.
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Just I don't know. Why you got to conceal your face like that? Now no one knows what you look
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like. Even though she's against the vivid carousel, she's vibrant enough to stand out on her own. Her clothes seem
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to dazzle in the light as she performs. In one hand, she has a long ribbon, and in the other, she has some
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sort of clacker that chimes when she closes it. She twirls around, catches the eyes of everyone
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nearby. A flurry of confetti pops out. The crowd
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cheers. Thank you. Thank you. I step forward as the crowd pedals dissipate.
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That was wonderful. Thank you. Wait, that backpack you have. I take the backpack
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off my shoulder and hold it out. Sharice. Yes. Thank you. Thank you so much for bringing my backpack. How are
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we supposed to find her in all this carnival as a
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clown? I left it in class, but I was too busy with work tonight to go back and get it before they locked the buildings.
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Thank you again. That's all right. Don't worry about it. She quickly scribbles her
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signature on the delivery receipt and hands it back to me, eager to dig inside the backpack. Seeing her this close
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[Music] up Marie, it's
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me. It's been years. I didn't know you were back in town. Just got back,
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actually. Well, that's great. I haven't seen you since we graduated high school, right? Ah, you probably didn't recognize
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me in all this makeup, did you? Though, I'm not one to talk. I didn't see it was you at first,
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either. That's all right. I work here as a part-time performer now. Every night, I get to
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dance around the twinkling stars to applause. It's like a
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dream. You're graded a two. I'm not used to being
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like, I don't know, a girly girl response type of person. I feel like I bet it is is
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snarky. Even though I don't think it's supposed to come across like that. It's just how I would say it. We're just
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going to go with you're great at it, too. I never knew you're so into
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performing. I guess it's just something I never thought I'd be able to do in the first place. It's wonderful here. The
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colonel has brought in so many new people and bright faces. When they said they were hiring,
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I figured I'd be able to get a job in retail. Not something like this. But enough about me. What about
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you? What brought you back into town? Uh, I don't want to bring the mood down
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so quickly. I moved back in with my dad and I'm helping him with
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deliveries. That sounds so fun. Riding around on a broomstick all day. Simply magical.
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Would riding around on a broomstick be fun? I feel like it would really make your butt
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sore. I admit it is pretty nice. Unless you know like there's an actual seat on
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the broom. I don't know. I don't know how it works in this game. Have you ever ridden on a
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broomstick? Uh, not since high school. Nobody in my family is a witch, so I
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open my mouth to say something, but a loud ringing cuts me off. Ah, I've got to be on the main stage in 5
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minutes. Marie, I'll see you later. Okay. With a hop, skip, and a jump, Charice rushes out and disappears into
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the crowd. I sigh. Theres was a close friend since
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childhood, but after I moved away, I lost contact with her. Now I'm back in town, though. Maybe I should try to
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rekindle that. But things have changed since
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then. I'm home. What does he do here? It
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looks I don't know. Is this packaging material? It kind of looks like paint
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supplies to me, but now that I think about maybe it is packaging
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material. Good. Good. Did you find your way around town? All right. It was fine.
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I knew you'd be able to do it. Now, here. There's only a few more deliveries for the
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day. Hands me two small packages. The one on the left goes to the library and campus. I would have given to you
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earlier, but it just came in while you were gone. The one on the right goes to the old shopping district. I should say
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what store it goes to. Thank god brooms don't have like gas mileage on them
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because going from one place and then having to go back to that same place
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would be so annoying. I'll finish the rest on my own. All right, I'll be back
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soon. So, back to campus. Already back on
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campus. I remember visiting campus in high school to see if I wanted to go to college here. I have my mouse on the
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screen. I don't normally have my mouse in the recordings, but I did it for a
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hog game. Now it's just it's there now. So, I'll try to be mindful of that. I
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know some people are like, I think it's their mouse cursor on the screen. It's
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not. Remember visiting campus in high school to see if I wanted to go to college here? Of course, I end up declining and going to school elsewhere.
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How would things have been if I'd gone here? I have a package for Hans and that's for
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me. A man in a long expensive looking coat walks up meekly raising his hand.
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His eyes dart away as he gets closer. I double check the package before handing it to him. Without
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hesitation, he rips the seal open on the slum box. Like, at least wait. He's the
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box over, letting a book fall out into his hand. Perfect. The glum look in his
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eyes fades as he as a sparkle takes over them. Flips over the book, inspecting it
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eagerly. The book looks practically new with a glossy cover. Completely ignoring me, he starts muttering to
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himself. Dr. Mo's next book on the theory to constellations in regards to increasing magic. I've been waiting
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months for this to finally come out and there's not a scratch on it.
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Thanks. He turns around to walk off. But wait, I need you to sign off on the package. Oh,
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right. His eyes lose Shane as he trudges back. I've given him an order to do
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something. I hand him a paper and a pen. Without looking up at me, he signs it and walks off again. All right,
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thanks. I don't think he remembers me. Hans was always the quiet type in
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elementary school and only got more introverted in high school. He would always rather spend time with his stories than with actual people.
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They always seem so lonely. Introverts aren't always lonely.
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It's just we prefer to be alone. I saw him pick up my broom. I have a feeling I'm going to be running
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into a lot of familiar faces doing this. So, we head back to our
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home. Did you deliver the packages yet? You never know when you'll be able to help someone with something. Yeah, I'll
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bring these to them now. Oh, shoot. I could only remember the campus
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one department. No, not the right place. I
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don't think it's a carnival. No, Ember
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Warehouse. I stroll down the street, admiring the shops that have popped up since I was last here. Some of the
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storefronts I recognize, others look brand new. There's a wide variety of shops ranging from niche boutiques to
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vintage collections to restaurants and more. One shop in particular catches my eye with its bright neon
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sign. Get your game on. I double check the address on the
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package and walk
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inside. I'm not one for arcade games, honestly. Like I'll go to Dave and Busters, but the thing I like most at
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Dave and Busters is that uh oh, it's it's like a coin
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machine where you try and knock coins over into the
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slot. I don't know how to explain. I'm sure you know what I mean. There's like
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cards in there and you have to knock the cards out to get tokens. I blink a few
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times. My eyes trying their best to adjust to the sudden change in lighting. The inside of the shop is dark, but
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every corner is illuminated by the lights from arcade machines. Hello. I cautiously walk around, even
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though there's patrons inside. They're all too fixated on their games to notice me. On one wall is a row of card tables,
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not nearly enough lighting to see adequately. Despite this, a group of people is huddled around them. My turn.
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One blonde lays a few cards down on the table, reading off a laundry list of details and status effects. Oh, it's a
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DND. That lets me draw three more cards. And I'll activate this. So, you have to
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discard those three cards as a EU, which means I can activate this since it was discarded by my
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opponent. Hello. A few of them turned to see me, but the rest have their eyes peeled on
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the table. Because I activate this effect, I can add a card I've discarded to my hand.
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Dude, someone's here. Everyone at the table turns around, including the
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blonde. Hey, what can I do for you? I've got a delivery for the shop. Sweet. I
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was wondering when the next booster sets would come in. I don't remember seeing you ever deliver them before, though.
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I'm new to the job. Poor you. That means you'll have to make deliveries to this chump.
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Hey, who are you talking about? I'm about to beat you, you know. And who's slacking off at work in the first place?
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We'll finish this later. He starts to walk back to the front, motioning me to come with him. Sorry about that. Slow
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days means we had to pass the time somehow. He calls this a slow day. It's all right. He takes a paper
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slip to the front desk and casually signs it. clearly used to getting packages for the shop. With the minimal
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lighting from the desk light, I can see his face much better. His hair is lighter and his face more masculine than
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I originally thought. He looks familiar, but I can't put a name to him. Here you go. I pick
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up the paper from him and check the name. It looks like it says caster. Looking for something,
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Marie? He leans against the countertop, grinning. Didn't know you were back in
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town. I just got back recently. And you're already doing deliveries. No rest for a witch, huh?
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Glad I'm not one. Most people wouldn't say that. Most people want too much. I
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like what I've got. Hey, let me show you around while you're here. You've got a little spare time, right? I mean, just
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cuz you're a witch doesn't mean you got to make deliveries, right? Or is that a
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thing? Yeah, that'd be great. Sweet. Hits the countertop and walks
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toward the arcade machines. A couple years ago, one of the alumni in town wanted to make the game club a more
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permanent thing. So, with a few other alumni, they pitched in to set up a shop. At first, it was mostly board and
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card games, but they realized the more uh regular people in town much prefer arcade games and such, things I can
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easily pick up and put down. So, now we've got a wide variety of everything.
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How do you see the rules and guidelines in this low lighting? What you mean? We just hold up to the light. Sounds more
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like they become nocturnal in here. I started working here a few months ago. Time sure flies when you're
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having fun. Aside from it looking like a neon cave in here, it does seem
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fun. That's nice. I say all that and that's your response. You haven't changed much, have
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you? I guess we're not much of a arcade gamer. He turns around laughs to himself. He's
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not laughing at me, rather. That's just his carefree attitude. There's a lot of new sites to see in town. I bet you'll
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be busy getting your bearing straight. Yeah. It'll be a while before I see everything that's changed. There's even
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a permanent carnival in town now. Yeah. Anyway, I'll let you get back to
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work. It was great to see you again. Yeah, you get back to work, too. Shutter. I won't let you buy any of
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these new booster packs. The group at the card tables laugh. Caster shrugs them off and shows me to the door. If
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you're ever in the area, feel free to fly by. Probably have more packages to bring here from the looks of it. Then I'll see
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you again real soon. He waves me off as I get on my broom and
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leave. Caster, a guy who was never the best in class, but always the most vocal. He left an impression on everyone
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he met. No matter who it was, getting along with people was a breeze to him. As long as it wasn't a sister, though.
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Despite having their own groups and being overall friendly people, Sharice and Caster never got along well with
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each other. Ah, that's why his remark about the carnival was that. But they had to
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do something together. They were always at odds. I guess some things never change.
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Dad, I'm home. We're good this time, I hope. Rain pummel against the windows as I hang my
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broom up. Oh, I didn't even hear you knock. How was it? I have to knock to come
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in. Not too bad. I'm pretty tired, though. Go get some rest. There's
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leftovers in the fridge. If you haven't eaten yet, I'm going to finish my own deliveries. If you're asleep by the time
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I get back, then I'll see you in the morning. Sleep well. As quick as I arrive, he's already out
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the door. Yeah, some things really never change. I head to my room and pass out
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on my bed, the sound of the rain lulling me to
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sleep. I slept harder than I thought I would. I stretch out and meandered to
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the studio. Good morning. Morning. I'm just checking today's deliveries. That many?
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nothing we can't handle. He hands me a small list of places. I need you to head to the
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business district to the large office building, go to the card shop downtown, and head to the carnival. He points out
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each of the packages and parcels on the table as he hits lists the locations. It's a lot at once. Each of them have
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the exact addresses labeled. Got it. No. Got it. That's what I like to hear. Fly
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safe. Avoid the geese. Okay.
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Offices. I have an envelope for a Mrs. Rehea here, but it says to hand deliver
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it. Standing in the lobby, I click the buzzer for the upper floors. Hello. I have a letter for a
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Mrs. Rehea. I need to hand deliver it. We're letting you in right now. The
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elevator opens and I step in. Classy. Can you point me to Mrs. Reya's
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office? The receptionist eyes me up and down before pointing down a hallway to her left. Her expression doesn't look
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judging, so much as concerned. Mrs. Ray's office has no windows to the outside hallway. Instead,
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a large oak door separates us. I knock. People really like their privacy
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in offices, don't they? Mrs. Rehea. A moment passes with no response. I knock
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again. No response. The door is too large to slip anything underneath, so I
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hesitantly open the door. Mrs. Rehea, no, we're not going to delay
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another week. Hire more workers. What is it? Soundproof. I know you can't just throw
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more workers to everything, but we still have time to train new people. Woman furiously taps her fingers on her desk
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while talking on the phone. She seems to have noticed me, but doesn't care to answer yet. Mrs. Ray, I have a letter
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for you. She waves me off. I guess she thinks it's a bill or something. Then
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get John on it. If he's doing something else, then tell him this is more important. I flip the envelope over to
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see who the sender is. It's from uh Betsy Gainer. Mrs. Ray stops her
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tapping. Let me see that. She immediately stands, snatching the letter from me. I really love this lady. With a
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quick motion, she tears it open. Her expression sh softens.
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Thank you for bringing this to me. She gently rest the letter on her desk and signs off saying she received
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it. Oh, I got sneeze. He must have really wanted you
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to receive it if they asked for it to be handd delivered. It's from my grandmother. I wasn't able to attend her
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family reunion last month because of work. She doesn't know how to use the internet, but she knows how to get photos printed and send them in the
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mail. She hands me back her signature slip. Deadlines can be missed, but
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sometimes family can't wait. I hope you'll be able to see her again soon. Yes, I hope so,
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too. Maybe if you didn't work so much, you'd be a little nicer. I quickly head out the door and
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back outdoors. Okay, so the game shop is
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next. Back here again so soon. I guess Caster wasn't kidding when he said they get a lot of packages.
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I walk past the front counter and meandering around the arcade machines. As expected, there's a loud
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commotion coming from the tables in the corner. Draw unexpectedly. Hands is sitting
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across from caster. Take that. Caster slots on a
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card on the table. Hand slips over a card over. Blocked. No, with this card.
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I negate your negate. Oh my god. Too bad because
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floats another card over. Now I can negate your negate and you take my damage.
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Damn. Caster drops the cards in his hands on the table, giving up. Hey, that lady is here. Group turns to see me
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standing here waiting on them. Mary, hello. I have another package for you. Thank you. Thank you.
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He takes the receipt and quickly scribbles on it. Many of us run the table all curious at what's in the box.
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Except Hans, who's avoiding looking my direction. Maybe he does recognize us.
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He just doesn't want to interact with us. Let's see. I wasn't expecting this for another few
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days. It's some new board games from indie creators that the owner ordered online. There's enough here for us to
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have a stock to sell on the display version. You mean one for you to play around with? If you don't want to see
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it, then you head out. Be my guest. We're staying. We're staying. Catcher
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pulls the board games out of the box, laying them on the table. Hans puts up their cards. Oh, Hans, did you know?
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Mary's back in town. Hans freezes. Welcome
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back. Come on. That's all you got to say? He nudges Han's shoulder, but Hans doesn't budge. You two talked some in
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high school, right? I think we talked a little bit. Then again, I'm surprised this guy ever talked to anyone that
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wasn't the teachers. So, did he have a crush on us and then we left and he all bumped up? Is that Is that what I'm
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thinking? I'm sure it wasn't that bad. Castro changes a glance at Hans and back at me. We'll let bygones be bygones.
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Huh? Anyway, thanks for bringing this. If you ever want to try to try them out
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or help me break the sky out of a shell, I'm sure I'll be back soon.
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weigh them up as I head out the door and
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then oh shoot office
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shops. Was it the carnival? Carnival's lively as
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ever. The package ahead needs to be delivered to any of the managers and I can't be left at the front office. I've
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got no choice but to head through the carnival. I walk through the front gate blending into the crowd.
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Doesn't take long until I spot a familiar face. Marie, fancy seeing you here, Shereice.
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She twirls, letting the lace float in the air. You're always here for business, aren't you? Maybe one day I'll
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be able to walk around on my own. But for now, yes. I've got a package for one of your managers. Any of them can sign
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off on it. All right, let's go look for one. Aren't you working? I just know she
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doesn't have any makeup applied. Oh, did I just noticed that, too? No, my ship just ended. She hops
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and skips in front of me, leading the way deeper into the fairy tale world. This way. Doesn't take long for her to point
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out one of her managers to me. Few minutes later, and I've delivered the package. That wasn't too
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bad. Mhm. What are you thinking? I was just wondering since I'm done with
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work and you finished a bit more of your work, would you like to ride the ferris wheel with me? Just once and then you
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can get back to your deliveries. Sure, I'd love
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to. It shouldn't take long. And if we get stuck and I can just fly us off on my broom. Well, that's a perk of being a
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witch, isn't it? Great. We head towards a large ferris wheel
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looming over the carnival. I hadn't realized quite how big it is until now.
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The giant metal frame sparkles with lights twinkling against the night sky. Theres walks up to the entrance. I don't
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think I would ever get on one of these. I just I don't like heights and the fact that if this thing
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breaks the car for two, please. The attendant lets us in the carriage, shutting the door tight. My heart skips
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to be as the carriage sways upward in the air. Have you ever ridden a ferris wheel before?
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Nope. I haven't really. I'm glad I asked you to ride it with me
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then. The carriage eases upwards, bringing us above the tops of the circus tents. I will admit, the view is
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probably really nice at the top, like if it's nighttime or sunset or something,
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but nope, not enticing. The carriage eases upwards, bringing us
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above the tops of the circus tents. For people like me who can't use magic, it's the closest we can get to flying around.
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You can see the whole city from here. When you're in a plane, everything is so tiny, it's hard to register that's
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actual places. But up here, you're just the right height to see details. It makes you appreciate the
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small things. You know, you're right. If you're scared, you can hold my
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hand. She holds out her hand. I surprised her by actually taking
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it. It'll be over before you know it. Our carriage reaches the peak of the ark. It feels like I can see every
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corner of the city from here. Now the city once hated is entirely before my eyes. Oh, she once
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hated it. The roar of the carnival fades into the background. Wonderful, isn't it?
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Yeah. I don't think we like it. And not cuz the ferris wheel. Well, I think we
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don't like it cuz we're looking at the place we don't like. Dice is glued to the window, still
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gripping my hand. It's more fun watching her than the
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view. And ta, we're back on solid ground. I'm not used to being in the air
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where I can't control it. That means you need to take it easy more often. You say
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that, but yet we're at war you work. That's different. Here, everyday is like
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a dream. and see why you like it so much. But for now, But for now, I need
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to get back to work. Whenever you want, I can show you even more of the carnival. There's even more rides and
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performances, and there's food trucks. Thank you. I'll take you upon us
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sometime. I waver as I head out. Glad that's
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done. Done for the day. Yep. Think I'm going to call it a night. Good night.
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Really? Three deliveries and you're done? You woke up, did deliveries, now
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you're passing
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out. The sunshine hits my eyes, waking me up much earlier than I wanted. My
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room is too bright to fall back asleep, so I give up and meander into the studio. Good morning, sweetie. I hope
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you slept all right. It's fine. I'll walk over to the table where a
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large stack of boxes and parcels are. Can I get a little more help today, too?
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Yes. Great. This group of packages all need to go to large warehouse downtown.
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All of these? Yep. It's only one stop, but it's all you can carry. You'll have to fly slower, too, since it's so heavy
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and bulky. I sigh, rubbing my arm. There's a lot here. Carrying it all
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will be a serious hassle. It was a pain carrying all my stuff here, but that was all mine. It's a
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different story when it's a client's items. All right. Can I like get a
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break? Am I getting paid for this or am I just helping my dad? Why safe? He just keeps shoving
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packages into my arms. Yeah, this is definitely the right place. I carefully land. My feet gently
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hitting the concrete. Steel frames and iron beams surround me. I expect to hear heavy machinery that's oddly
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quiet. After checking out my surroundings and making sure it's safe, I head towards a small
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office. Hello. I'm here to deliver some packages. Just in time. Can you bring
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them to the plant? The plant? Yeah, it's a large building across the walkway. Can't miss it. The
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guy swags like it's obvious before walking off.
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Uh, if it's a factory, I think there are like rules in place, protocols to not have allow random people to walk
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around. I step back outside and reassess my surroundings. All the buildings look monstrous, so I try to head directly
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across the aforementioned walkway. I've got a delivery. Great.
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Just leave them against the wall. All of these? How much is there? After going
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over all the packages, we devised a plan to split them up across their correct buildings. A group of workers help us
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carry them around. Thank you so much for this. It would been a pain if we hadn't got them in all at once. Now we can finish up our
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maintenance of all of the machines. Maintenance. When we were doing an inspection earlier this week, we
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discovered several of the gears and parts become brittle from overuse and we're now unsafe. All the machines were
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turned off, but we can't start just one back up. We all have to be turned back on at the same time. Every day they're
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turned off as a lot of hours we can't work and process food. So, thank you again. The worker waves going back to
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one of the machines where they're already installing the new parts. Ah, not all the packages are
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simple trinkets. Some people are counting on these packages. They're counting on Well,
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yeah, we're like freaking FedEx in the air.
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I don't know how she carries heavy things though on a broom. I'm
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home. I walk over to the living room to find dad passed out on the couch. Sheets of paper scatter. How come he gets to
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sleep and I don't? Well, he gets a nap during the day and I don't.
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Dad, the amount of packages from this morning has gone down considerably. He must have been running around making
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more while I was out. man. Still though, there's work to be
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had. I walk over to the table and assess what's left. Some packages are listed as
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being deliverable sometimes in the next day or two as they're not rush orders. There's a few here though that need
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picking up. Looks like Shereice, Caster, and Hens need deliveries for things they'll
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have to pick up from them. I should pick one for now to focus on let handle the others when he wakes up. So, I'll go
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help. I'm going to make him talk to me. I'll help Hans out. Looks like he
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needs some help carrying some heavy stuff. I'll grab a quick bite to eat and head out the door back to
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campus. It says he should be around the library somewhere. He's not where I saw him
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yesterday. Hans, are you here? There's a sound of a thump by the bookshelves followed by an avalanche of books.
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hands over here. I reverse over to the bookshelves until I find one in complete
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disarray. There on the ground is hands surrounded by books. The air feels a bit heavy as dust floats around. He's
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surrounded by what he loves. What better way to go out. What? I I was trying to get some of
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these books down. He coughs in between his words. I f away at the desk with my
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broom. The air settles as we silently restack the books into piles. I don't know which goes where, but Hans doesn't
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seem to mind where I place them. I I'm sorry about the mouse.
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That's all right. Maybe next time though, you should try using a ladder. Is this what you need help with? He
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readjust his hair and jacket cuffs, nodding. Yes. I need to get these books and magazines to place they'll be better
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used. Better used. We only have a limited amount of shelf space for books in the library. We can either keep old
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books or get new books. It can't be both. Every quarter, I have to go
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through records and see what books haven't been checked out in months or in bad shape. Normally, we're supposed to
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throw the unwanted books in the trash. You throw them away, but I He
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coughs, taking the moment to recompose himself. I think it's a waste. A book
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can mean a lot to a person. They just need the opportunity to read it. So, I've contacted different places around
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town that could benefit from these instead of me tossing them out. There's a lot here. Let's start putting them
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into my carrying case. I would have flown them to the people who agreed to take them, but I don't have a broom that
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can carry them all. Also, he's a witch, too. That's right. Hans is a witch, too.
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Will you be able to cure them all? Of course. Don't worry about it. A little extra weight won't hurt my broom,
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including me. Including you. My heart skips a beat. I've never
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flown with someone else, much less. I know it's a bit much to ask, but I can make the deliveries quicker. I've
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already been in talks with everyone who'll be accepting the books. No, right. I shut the carrying case and make
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sure it's strapped tightly to my brim. So, we do have a carrying case. Let's be off, then.
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This should be it. We make our way up the staircase of a senior living home, going to the second floor with a few
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cookbooks in tow. Hunch checks his phone before proceeding down the hallway. With
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a deep breath, he knocks on the door. Miss Doris. A moment passes, then
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another. He knocks again. This must be dreadful for an
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introvert. Miss Doris, I brought you some books. It takes another moment before the door slowly caks open. Oh
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dear. Is it the groceries? No, it's Hans. We spoke over the
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phone. About what, dear? I brought you some books. Oh my.
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Some new cookbooks. Please take good care of them. I can hear the door closed and
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Hans walks back to me. That's a few of the books taken care of. Where to now?
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The residential apartment's downtown. He doesn't say anything else as we walk back down to the
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lobby. A man of many words. He called this an apartment, but
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all I'm seeing is expensive decor and sleek architecture. It's definitely a newer building aimed at a higherend
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clientele. We had to be buzzed up to one of the rooms. The elevator ride is quiet
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like most of the rides so far has been. Here we are,
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Elmyra. Ah, there you are. Thank you for bringing them to me. I would have come to pick them up, but I was swamped with
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schoolwork. That's no problem. Bunch shovels through my carrying case, picking out some of the books and
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handing them to me. In turn, I hand them to Ammyra. Vampirism at the turn of the
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century. Herbology, fashion of the 20s. These are all so lovely. Thank you.
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That's a widespread of topics, isn't it? Doing some studies on the 1900s.
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Yes, it's part of my major. I'm studying how vampires lived a century ago and how we shifted to where we are
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now. It's a misconception that vampires weren't very widespread until only recently. My thesis isn't how we've
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always been here. So, vampires exist in this
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game. Just like magic, it's always been there. Are you studying something similar for magic? Hans, no. She went to
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the point. Hans's head hands hurt the last stack of books. I hope you get a good grade. With these, I'll be able to.
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Others might not want them, but I'll be able to make notes in them now. So again, thank you both. Amara carries the
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books inside her apartment, leaving the two of us alone. That leaves one more place to drop by. That's not too bad.
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For some reason, he doesn't look too happy. Is it cuz we're with him? It's the worst one yet. How bad
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could it be? He doesn't say anything else.
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Go. Yoohoo. Looking for me. Without even looking at caster. Hans
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lugs a pile of magazines onto the countertop and turns away. Hey, you can't just leave these
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here without saying anything. That's littering or something. Have fun. Hans's head soarses the door, but
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hang back with Caster. He's just been posting magazines now on a desk. So Castra is like an extrovert. Hans is an
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introvert and we just like we clash. I've had I you know I got
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extrovert friends. That's they're exhausting. Oh my god, they're so
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exhausting. Trading card game. Step our ways edition three. Trading card game rule book edition 26.
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Oh, I don't know what OCG is. Oh, card
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game. What is OCG? Card catalog. What am I supposed to do with
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all these? Most of them are outdated. We'll figure something out. What makes them
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outdated? New cards and archetypes come out, which changes the meta. Older cards don't change, but the strategies around
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them do. That's what most of these discuss. I nod my head. Gastra scratches
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the back of his head. So, you've got kitchen knives, right? The old knives don't change, but the manufacturers come
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out with new tools for using them. Some of the knives become obsolute while others become better to use. Okay, that
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makes sense. It makes sense. It's not a great analogy, but maybe it helps make a bit more sense. Uh-huh. If the knives
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cards stay the same, then can't the magazine still be referenced somewhat? I guess the card catalogs are still
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mostly usable. Maybe I'll tear the papers out and use them to make some new posters, huh? Sure. You're fine with
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that? It's better than the trash. Really? That's better than nothing.
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Caster and I exchange a glance. They begin seriously combing through the magazines and sorting them into
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piles. Thanks, then. I wave off to Caster as we head out.
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I'm glad that's over. Hans lays down on the grass. I do the same next to him.
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The park is mostly empty at this time of night. There's a soft glow from the city coming off the skyscrapers and
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carnival. I'm surprised you were okay with them using the books however they wanted. Aren't book nerds usually super
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productive over the sanctity of books? When the choices are either trash
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or anything else, it's not hard to pick anything else. Others might disagree with me, but I don't care if they mark
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or tear them up. It's theirs now. I personally like annotating in
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books. I like to see other people annotate, too. How they go about
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it. What matters is the work they see in it. No one else sees worth in those books, which is why I had to throw them
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out in the first place. If someone can see worth in something, others can't.
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Is he talking about himself right now? His voice trails off as he looks toward the skyline. Thank you for your help. It
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was nothing. A breeze whistles through the park. I pull on my jacket. I'm sorry
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I acted like I didn't recognize you at first. You've changed so much since high school. Or maybe I've still stayed the
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same. I know we didn't talk much back then, so I didn't know what to say to you. Maybe I was afraid of the version
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of you in my memory. I'm sorry. What are you apologizing for? Don't
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worry about it. The version of me in his memory. That doesn't sound
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good. Mary, why did you come back? Caster told me you moved away to
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go to college. I moved in when my mom had a graduation and started attending college
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there. But a few months ago, she became sick. She went in for a regular checkup a month ago and never came out.
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And now I'm back here. Do you want to be here? I don't think I do. I in high
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school, all I wanted was to leave town and never look back. I thought I had to leave, so I did. I liked living
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somewhere else for a time, but I don't think it ever truly became my home. I
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realized that just moving somewhere else wasn't enough to make it my home. When I first found out I'd be moving back here,
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I was angry. Looking back on it, I don't know why I was angry at a city that
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doesn't feel hate. I was angry at my own assumptions. I
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sigh. It's kind of stupid, isn't it? No. You did what you thought was best.
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You chased after something. Just because your goals now are different doesn't mean it was a mistake. I'm sorry for not seeing that
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sooner. He holds his hand out to me. contact. But now that I do, I'm here if
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you ever need anything. I take his hands. I'm glad you're
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home. His cheeks flush underneath the moonlight. I squeeze his hands. Let's
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head back. I help him up in my broom. I do have a mess to finish cleaning up the
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library, I suppose. But do you think we could take the long way
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back? The long way back? It's a broom ride. They're like, "It's no long way back. It's a straight
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shot. You have to hold on." He puts his arm around my
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waist. That's right. The feeling of the wind always was the best up here. It's even better with someone
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else. That's it for the demo. All right, that was a cute start.
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Obviously, there's going to be like three different routes then. We can romance a character.
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Maybe as an introvert and someone who enjoys books, I can read a book a day if
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it's really interesting. I like Hans. I know I was going back and forth
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between Hans and Hans, but sorry. I can't help it. And I don't know
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if I was like swaying my mouse by I do that because you know
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add if I did that I apologize but yeah anyway that would be Mary's Magical
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Deliveries the demo version. Hope you guys enjoyed.
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